Instagram Has Launched Reels, Its TikTok Rip-Off
Reels is just like TikTok — but built right into the Instagram app.
Pranav Dixit
A Florida School District's Video Promotion For Its Reopening Is Being Called "Apocalyptic" And "Sad"
One parent told BuzzFeed News she doesn't know what the "right" move is, but she and others are sure this is not it.
Tanya Chen
Facebook Bought Instagram To Neutralize A Competitor, Emails Show
The revelation from Mark Zuckerberg's emails was a flashpoint during the congressional hearing on tech antitrust.
Craig Silverman
“Facebook Is Hurting People At Scale”: Mark Zuckerberg’s Employees Reckon With The Social Network They’ve Built
As the US heads toward a crucial and contentious presidential election, the world's largest social network is facing an unprecedented cultural crisis.
Ryan Mac
Mark Zuckerberg Promises Changes At Facebook While Declaring “Black Lives Matter”
“It’s encouraging to see Zuck post this, but I’ll maintain my skepticism until some sort of action is taken by the company," one Facebook employee told BuzzFeed News.
Ryan Mac
A New Study Said Politicians Have Been Doomscrolling More Too
New research from Pew showed that lawmakers' social media use has nearly doubled since 2016.
Jane Lytvynenko
A Guy Got Mad At An NBC Station For Its "Gay Colored" Peacock Logo
"Your integrity is ruined."
David Mack
Facebook Removed Hundreds Of Fake Accounts Connected To Roger Stone, Proud Boys, And PR Firms
The social media company said four different networks of accounts were removed for inauthentic coordinated behavior.
Jane Lytvynenko
Facebook Said It “Stands Firmly Against Hate.” It Still Ran A White Nationalist Ad.
For four days in July, Facebook ran an ad from a page called “White Wellbeing Australia.”
Ryan Mac
A Mom Is Going Viral After Linking Her Baby's Seizures Without Scientific Evidence To Ingredients In A Popular Sunscreen
One expert told BuzzFeed News the two chemicals in question have never caused any "known problem or danger" in children, and no neurological side effects have ever been reported.
Stephanie McNeal
Facebook Has Been Profiting From Boogaloo Ads Promoting Civil War And Unrest
Facebook said on Tuesday it was banning content associated with the "Boogaloo" extremist group. BuzzFeed News found the company has been running Boogaloo ads advocating for violence for months.
Ryan Mac
Rudy Giuliani Sent Trump On A Wild Goose Chase With A Bunch Of Fake Internet Nonsense
To understand why Trump is so obsessed with Ukraine, you have to understand the nonsense Rudy Giuliani reads on the internet.
Ryan Broderick
Donald Trump Is Stuck In A Human Centipede Of Boomer Memes
The president is gorging himself on the conspiracy theories he perpetuated.
Ryan Broderick
After The Coronavirus Passes, Your World Will Not Go Back To Normal
Before the pandemic began, the systems that govern our world were brittle. Today, they are broken. When we emerge, the world will be different, and so will we.
Ryan Broderick
Bill Gates Conspiracy Theories Have Circulated For Years. It Took The Coronavirus Pandemic To Turn Him Into A Fake Villain.
After months of conspiracy-mongering, people around the world are demanding Gates be arrested for crimes against humanity. Here’s how things got so bad.
Ryan Broderick
Millennial Women Made LuLaRoe Billions. Then They Paid The Price.
Lawsuits, mountains of unsold leggings, and families drowning in debt: the tumultuous story behind a multilevel marketing brand that promised millennial women a pathway to financial freedom.
Stephanie McNeal
Black Lives Matter Activists Say They're Being Silenced By Facebook
As the platform regulates speech, social justice advocates want it to stop perpetuating the same structures of racism they experience offline.
Craig Silverman
Facebook Removed Trump Campaign Ads That Invoked Nazi Symbols
But one lawmaker had more tough questions for the company.
Jane Lytvynenko
Facebook Is Suing Two Developers It Says Sold Fake Likes And Scraped User Data
It’s the latest example of Facebook suing people it says have abused its platform.
Craig Silverman
Facebook And Instagram Will Let You Turn Off Political Ads
“For those of you who’ve already made up your minds and just want the election to be over, we hear you."
Pranav Dixit
Coronavirus Contact Tracers Are Facing Death Threats And Comparisons To Nazis On Facebook And YouTube
"Contact tracers are the new Gestapo," one post said.
Jane Lytvynenko
Facebook Will Begin Labeling Posts From State-Controlled Media
The social network also said it will start blocking some ads in the US starting later this summer.
Megha Rajagopalan
People Are Saying Police Brutality Protesters Are Being Paid, But They’re Citing A Satirical Website
The creator of ProtestJobs.com is mortified.
Jane Lytvynenko
Twitter And Snapchat Are Reining Trump In. Critics Want Them To Do It To Politicians Around The World.
“Politicians in many places have posted worse."
Pranav Dixit
Tweets, Dissent, And A Walkout: Facebook Employees Revolt Over Zuckerberg’s Approach To Trump
“Facebook's inaction in taking down Trump's post inciting violence makes me ashamed to work here.”
Ryan Mac
After The "Plandemic" Video Went Viral In The US, It Was Exported To The Rest Of The World
The discredited video has been translated into more than a dozen languages and has spread across the non-English-speaking world.
Jane Lytvynenko
Here’s What You Can Say On Facebook That You Can’t Say On Twitter
Neither platform is more free than the other — but they do have different rules.
Alex Kantrowitz
Trump Wants To Help Conservatives Sue Twitter For Censorship, But He’ll Face An Obstacle: Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Trump signed an executive order aimed at stripping Twitter and other social media companies of legal immunity.
Zoe Tillman
It’s Unclear What Trump’s Section 230 Executive Order Will Do Beyond Bully Social Media Companies
“Twitter slapped Trump on the wrist,” law professor Eric Goldman told BuzzFeed News. “Trump responds with an attempt to blow up the entire internet.”
Ryan Broderick
Forget Trump’s Executive Order. Some Lawmakers Want To Use Antitrust To Really Take On Big Tech.
Trump’s executive order may not do much, but a growing movement of unlikely Republican and Democratic allies are pushing for a real crackdown on tech companies.
Paul McLeod
